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I am a graduate of the University of Kansas with a bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, I have also received a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. Currently I work in a Materials Testing Laboratory for a large aerospace company.

On Wikipedia[edit]

I spend a lot of time editing articles associated with WikiProject Futurama. I occasionally enjoy categorizing uncategorized articles, particularly uncategorized people. I am the original creator of only two articles, Jan Roskam and Barcol hardness test. I shall consider creating another article if I find an area of Wikipedia that is significantly lacking.

I am just coming back from a long wiki-break. While I'm not editing as much as I did in my peak, I am starting to hit up my old haunts again. If there's something you're working on and you think I could be of help then drop me a message on my talk page and I'll be happy to have a look. Apparently while I was out I was also granted reviewer status, I'm sure that will be very exciting if I ever have the opportunity to use that ability.

To do[edit]

Achievements[edit]

Created
Significant contribution
  • "Space Pilot 3000" The first article I felt like I really pulled from being rather poor to rather good mostly by myself, hopefully it will be the first of many.
  • "Hell Is Other Robots" Most of my work on this article was early on rather than during the actual promotion but I do feel responsible for most of the Production section and the info from the Pinsky book. The real credit goes to User:Cirt who made this what it is today.
  • Futurama I didn't work on this as much as the other two but I feel at least partially responsible for it's current state of being.

Edit milestones[edit]

  • See a breakdown of my global accounts here
  • See the stats for how many times a page has been viewed here

Barnstars[edit]

This editor is a Tutnum and is entitled to display this Book of Knowledge.
The Guidance Barnstar
Thank You for helping me out with the email incident. Tm93 (talk) 16:49, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Keep up the good Futurama edits!

Go Futurama! Sp3000 10:24, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

The Special Barnstar
I, Chickenmonkey X  sign? , would like to give you, Stardust8212, this barnstar for helping me in my early days as a Wikipedian, being a great Wikipedian in your own right, and being a generally all-around positive force on Wikipedia. That said, and as I have recently returned from a wiki-break of sorts, I hope to see you editing regularly again in the near future. If not, please accept this barnstar whenever you see fit. -- 03:12, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
Do you want to earn a barnstar of your very own?
Please see my open challenge at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Futurama

For future reference[edit]

WikiDefcon
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WikiDefcon 4: Low to moderate level of vandalism

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